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DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:31 am First F40 in the metal for me. Heading south on the M25. Sadly it was on of the parts with a high central divider, so couldn't see much. It was followed by a pair of 458 Speciales.

We must have been on the M25 at the same time as I saw the F40 going the opposite way too.

Mito Man wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:34 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:31 am First F40 in the metal for me. Heading south on the M25. Sadly it was on of the parts with a high central divider, so couldn't see much. It was followed by a pair of 458 Speciales.

We must have been on the M25 at the same time as I saw the F40 going the opposite way too.

About quarter past nine for me.

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:31 am First F40 in the metal for me.

Saying nowt

(yes I know steel spaceframe, etc)

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:48 am

Mito Man wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:34 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:31 am First F40 in the metal for me. Heading south on the M25. Sadly it was on of the parts with a high central divider, so couldn't see much. It was followed by a pair of 458 Speciales.

We must have been on the M25 at the same time as I saw the F40 going the opposite way too.

About quarter past nine for me.

I saw it at 3, minus the 458s. Maybe it was a different one, or maybe it just enjoyed lapping the M25.

Mito Man wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:47 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:48 am

Mito Man wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:34 am

We must have been on the M25 at the same time as I saw the F40 going the opposite way too.

About quarter past nine for me.

I saw it at 3, minus the 458s. Maybe it was a different one, or maybe it just enjoyed lapping the M25.

77MM is on, so there’ll be lots of tasty metal ( Beany ) out there.

IanF wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:57 am

Mito Man wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:47 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:48 am

About quarter past nine for me.

I saw it at 3, minus the 458s. Maybe it was a different one, or maybe it just enjoyed lapping the M25.

77MM is on, so there’ll be lots of tasty metal ( Beany ) out there.

That would explain it.

Arosa wanker in Canterbury; yellow with a red passenger door.

A reg Triumph Acclaim this morning heading towards Filton. Looking at it, I can understand why the british car industry went tits up.

I also spotted a new Micra. I hadn't realised that there was a new one out. It looks considerably less shit than all the previous versions.

Jimmy Choo wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:44 am A reg Triumph Acclaim this morning heading towards Filton. Looking at it, I can understand why the british car industry went tits up.

I also spotted a new Micra. I hadn't realised that there was a new one out. It looks considerably less shit than all the previous versions.

My Dad, having owned pretty much every shit British car ever made, used to have an Acclaim, in beige. It was actually a decent car, light years ahead of the HC Viva estate it replaced, which got scrapped when it was 8 years old due to catastrophic rust but which prior to that my dad seemed to spend every spare weekend fixing. The Acclaim was a badge-engineered Ballade (which itself was a 4 door saloon Civic) so was reliable and well built. In the end it got replaced by a brand new Maestro, which wasn't any better despite being 5 years newer.

NotoriousREV wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:02 am

Jimmy Choo wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:44 am A reg Triumph Acclaim this morning heading towards Filton. Looking at it, I can understand why the british car industry went tits up.

I also spotted a new Micra. I hadn't realised that there was a new one out. It looks considerably less shit than all the previous versions.

My Dad, having owned pretty much every shit British car ever made, used to have an Acclaim, in beige. It was actually a decent car, light years ahead of the HC Viva estate it replaced, which got scrapped when it was 8 years old due to catastrophic rust but which prior to that my dad seemed to spend every spare weekend fixing. The Acclaim was a badge-engineered Ballade (which itself was a 4 door saloon Civic) so was reliable and well built. In the end it got replaced by a brand new Maestro, which wasn't any better despite being 5 years newer.

Oooh, ooh, {raises hand}, I have a Maestro story. Back in the early 80's Dad was on the company car scheme at work and swapped his Cortina estate for a (then just released) Austin Maestro. It was delivered to his London office car park, and Dad went down to sign for it. Just before the 'delivery driver' left, he noted that it was fitted a rear wiper, and apparently that trim level shouldn't have had one so it must have been fitted by mistake, so right there in the car park he got out his adjustable spanner and removed it!

That car was replaced by a Vauxhall Cavalier in 1985 which was light years ahead in reliability etc.

NotoriousREV wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:02 am

Jimmy Choo wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:44 am A reg Triumph Acclaim this morning heading towards Filton. Looking at it, I can understand why the british car industry went tits up.

I also spotted a new Micra. I hadn't realised that there was a new one out. It looks considerably less shit than all the previous versions.

My Dad, having owned pretty much every shit British car ever made, used to have an Acclaim, in beige. It was actually a decent car, light years ahead of the HC Viva estate it replaced, which got scrapped when it was 8 years old due to catastrophic rust but which prior to that my dad seemed to spend every spare weekend fixing.

It's incredible how shite cars were, and how good they are now.

Our Mercedes, while nothing special, is 8 years old with about 115k miles on it.

Not a squeak, rattle, or hint of rust.

And with a good clean, inside and out, it pretty much looks (and feels) "new".

A Merc T2 a bit like this, but in cream and (I think) pre-facelift:



Looked absolutely mint. And huge.

There's a triumph acclaim with a 300+ bhp turbocharged Honda b16 on the monkey london YouTube channel

Toyota Century at the SnoZone in Milton Keynes

Never seen one in real life before...

A Harry-stanced Transit.

Very shiney Ultima spotted earlier. Rumbly!

Crap pic....

Ferrari F50, sadly no pics but it has been spotted on the ‘gram

https://www.instagram.com/riosyd/p/BwM0 ... v5vyvaihy7

An Atom in a layby on a wide dual carriageway. It looked very vulnerable and as likely to get a smidsy as a bike. Nice car, very much wrong location.


SPY 1X on a defiled Defender. I didn't notice if it was full Durchfall spec.


B5 RS4 and C7 RS6; the C7's bigness made the B5 pretty much invisible.


Vel Satis out in the wild

Lambo Urus in Pudsey.

Looked utterly banal and other than an 'oh, it's one of those', raised no interest.

Presumably being bought by people who think RR Sport SVRs are a bit common.

I saw one local to me the other day and forgot to mention it. It looked as shit as I expected. Negative amounts of interest/desire.